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What’s the Good News?

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Mark Dever’s answer…

“Here’s what I understand the good news to be: the good news is that the one and only God, who is holy, made us in his image to know him. But we sinned and cut ourselves off from him. In his great love, God became a man in Jesus, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross, thus fulfilling the law in himself and taking on himself the punishment for the sins of all those who would ever turn and trust him. He rose agin from the dead, showing that God accepted Christ’s sacrifice and that God’s wrath against us has been exhausted. He now calls us to repent of our sins and to trust in Christ alone for our forgiveness. If we repent of our sins and trust in Christ, we are born again into a new life, an eternal life with God.”

— page 43, The Gospel & Personal Evangelism, Crossway, 2007

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“People of Faith” an unhelpful label

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1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
— 2 Timothy 3:1–5


How have you heard the label “people of faith” used? We heard it a lot in the post–9/11 calls to community prayer services, etc. Now we hear it in the political realm as though all people of faith should all fall into ranks behind one policy or candidate!

Although it is meant to be helpful, it is not. Continue reading →